A new international conservation strategy aims to secure the future of the Critically Endangered Javan Green Magpie by tackling illegal trapping, protecting remaining habitat and laying the ...

Spanish Pyrenees (third edition) by Dirk Hilbers and Kees Woutersen and Crossbill Nature Guides: Iceland (third edition) by Dirk Hilbers. 264 pages, colou ...

A stunning Grasshopper Warbler portrait by Scott Duckworth is this week's top shot.

A July spell for the history books produced Britain's second Long-tailed Shrike and Suffolk's first-ever Hudsonian Godwit, while there was late news of a Little Swift in Highland.

Britain's second-ever Long-tailed Shrike was found in Fife yesterday [Sunday 5 July] and is expected to spark a massive twitch this week. The bird was discovered by Ian Redfield, a visiting US birder, ...

A chance find of online video footage has led to the first confirmed records of Sand Cat in Libya, extending the known range of one of the world's more elusive felines.

Important inland breeding colonies of Sooty Falcon have been found in north-west Saudi Arabia, representing almost 2% of the world population.

The elusive and little-known Cozumel Fox, a dwarf canid found only on a small Mexican island, has been photographed for the first time, confirming the continued survival of a population that had not ...

A 15-year study has revealed that Common Swifts show remarkable fidelity to their nesting sites, with almost all birds returning to the same breeding location each year – reinforcing calls to protect ...

Peter Roberts. 412 pages, more than 180 colour photos. ISBN: 9781036971854. Hbk, £25. Available at crex-press.sumupstore.com. The Birds of Islay an ...

The rescue of Texel's famous Spectacled Eider prompted celebration, soul-searching and some very strange criticism, writes our columnist.

For many birders, keeping a patch list is a personal pursuit. However, a new study from Australia demonstrates how decades of carefully recorded observations can provide valuable insights into ...